Indore, July 9, 2020: Ordinarily parents provide their children a roof over their heads, but a footpath-dwelling couple in Indore has got a house thanks to the headline-grabbing success of their daughter in grade 10 exams. Bharti Khandekar, who lived with her parents and two younger brothers on a footpathContinue Reading
Kolkata, July 8, 2020: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said she is “shocked” by the federal government’s decision to drop subjects like democratic rights, federalism and secularism from school syllabus. These chapters are removed from the Economics and Political Science syllabuses of grades 9 to 12 in all schoolsContinue Reading
New Delhi, July 8, 2020: A Salesian technical school has been awarded the best vocation training institute in Delhi. The award was set up by by Praxis Media, one of India leading media and marketing groups, in association with Education Connect that brings together hundreds of schools, thousands of programsContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Tiruchirappalli, July 6, 2020: Catholic bishops in Tamil Nadu have started an online program to provide career guidance to Dalit students in the southern Indian state. Although the Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council have conducted many career guidance programs in the past this is the first onlineContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 2, 2020: A child laborer rescued by Noble Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi’s team from Jharkhand’s mines has received the prestigious Diana Award 2020. Neeraj Murmu received the award on July 2 during a virtual ceremony. The award was instituted to keep alive theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, June 39, 2020: A Jesuit college in Patna, eastern India, has organized an online protest against the death of a father and son in police custody in Tamil Nadu, southern India. Addressing the participants, Congregation of Jesus Sister Cynthia Mathew, an NGO representative at theContinue Reading
New Delhi, June 25, 2020: A 16-year-old girl who had a large number of followers on social media platforms Instagram and TikTok was found dead at her home in Delhi, the police said June 25. The police have confirmed suicide. The teen lived with her family. She was found deadContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, June 22, 2020: Addiction to Smartphone and internet has increased alarmingly among teenagers and youth during lockdown, says a group of psychologists and youth representatives in Mangaluru southern India. Several youth representatives, psychologists and counselors from all over India on June 21 participated in a virtualContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, June 6, 2020: A Jesuit college in Patna, Bihar, has made its admission process online for the new academic year. This is done to “minimize students’ visits to the campus and to ensure physical distancing in view of the Covid-19 pandemic,” explains Jesuit Father TContinue Reading
By Avinash Noronha Kanpur, May 27, 2020: This cyclone appeared on the West Coast, near the Arabian Sea, at Alibag in Raigad district of Maharashtra. The word Cyclone here is actually a corruption of Cycle On, which is what Sumit Patil (34) did on May 20. Sumit is an enduranceContinue Reading
